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By Kirk Zebolsky
Staff Reporter
Furniture, appliances and clothing,
are thrift store shoppers' most bought
items, according to Lincoln store own
ers. But a thrift store sells more:
bowling balls, pots and pans, sun
glasses, lunchboxes, paintings, books,
records.
Next to variety, the biggest advan
tage of thrift stores is the low prices. If
you think you can't afford furniture for
an apartment, visit a Lincoln thrift
store.
The furniture at thrift stores is inex
pensive, if not always highest qualify.
For $10, you can buy a functional, well
worn easy chair, with spots on the arm
rests or tears in the cushion.
At the downtown Salvation Army
Store, 9th and P Streets, you find fixed
up furniture at higher prices. For exam
ple, a spotless, newly re-upholstered
sofa had a $139 price tag.
Other furniture at thrift stores in
cludes chests, dressers, bed frames
and mattresses, bookcases, tables,
.lamps and mirrors.
Many students who shop at the Sal
vation Army buy furnituure, said clerk
Mary Ferguson.
"Then when school is out half of
them donate it back," Ferguson said.
"They can find some pretty good bar
gains if they watch what they're buy
ing."
Kitchen needs are also inexpensive.
The Disabled American Veterans Thrift
Store, 821 N. 27th St., sells silverware
for 16 cents per utensil.
Cheap clothing can be found if a
student is flexible about styles. For
example, the Salvation Army Store's
clothing racks included a men's light
blue long-sleeved oxford shirt with lots
of wear left for $1.25. All the stores
displayed men's long-sleeved plaid
shirts for less than $2. T-shirts were
priced slightly less. Most blue jeans
were $3 or less.
Harold Hutson, general administra
tor of Lincoln's three DAV thrift stores,
including one at 1731 0 St., said
clothes sell at a "substantial" savings.
"A lot of clothing appears to have
been worn once or twice, and people
don't like it, so they give it to us,"
Hutson said. "We have decent dresses
for a dollar and a half or so that would
be $25 or $30 brand new."
Kathleen Gadeken, public relations
director of Lincoln's four Goodwill
stores, including one at 17170 St., said
business picks up when students come
back to school.
Many students buy clothes for Hal
loween or other parties, she said. The
downtown Goodwill store specializes
in vintage clothing. It also features
"Ladies Fashion" and "Bed and Bath
Shop" sections.
Freshmen gain new foundations at UNL
Seven hundred and fifty entering
freshmen at UNL are building a new
foundation to their education this fall.
The underpinning is a series of
courses designed to bring the newco
mers more quickly and. fully into uni-
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versity life and to maximize their suc
cess at UNL.
UNL's University Foundations Pro
gram offers a series of small-group
classes and lecture-presentations. The
seminars focus on a topic or problem
related to a faculty member's particu
lar discipline, but will be structured so
that considerable attention can be
given to the personal and communal
aspects of college life.
The lectures concentrate on time
management, developing study skills,
finding and using available services
and helping students find their inter
ests among the arts, sciences, humani
ties, social sciences and professions.
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othing depletes your cash faster than buying
textbooks. That's why Nebraska Bookstore has
more used textbooks on our shelves than anv
other store on campus. In fact, we sell more used
textbooks than new ones and that means the money
stays in your pocket, not ours. At Nebraska
Bookstore, we have the textbooks you need at a price
you can afford.
Textbook return policy:
1. Save your receipt.
2. Do not damage text.
3. Do not remove price tag. . S
4. Return prior to Sept. 6, 1986.
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ith the price of new textbooks climbing higher
and higher, you need a little help now and then.
At Nebraska Bookstore.
discount off the list price of every new textbook you
buy this semester. New textbooks now available on
the second level of the new Nebraska Bookstore.
Textbook return policy:
1. Save your receipt.
2. Do not damage text.
3. Do not remove price tag.
4. Return prior to Sept. 6, 1986.
Open Monday-Friday 8-5:30 Saturday 9-5:30
Moxethanevsr,
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1300 Q Street
(402)473-0111
